English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Holy Claines Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Claines

Historical Forms

  • Hallow Claines 1327 Hab 17th
  • Holly Claines 1892 Kelly

Etymology

Habington (ii. 38) says that this division of Claines was so called because it contained the church (v. halig ).